Era of king tut: King Tutankhamen (or Tutankhamun) ruled Egypt as

pharaoh for 10 years until his death at age 19, around 1324 B.C.

Treasures found in his tomb: 5,398 items were found in the

tomb, including a solid gold coffin, face mask, thrones, archery
bows, trumpets, a lotus chalice, food, wine, sandals, and fresh linen
underwear. Howard Carter took 10 years to catalog the items. Recent
analysis suggests a dagger recovered from the tomb had an iron blade
made from a meteorite; study of artifacts of the time including other artifacts
from Tutankhamun's tomb could provide valuable insights into
metalworking technologies around the Mediterranean at the time

Curse of pharaoh: The first of the mysterious deaths was that

of Lord Carnarvon. He had been bitten by a mosquito, and later slashed the
bite accidentally while shaving. It became infected and blood
poisoning resulted. Although a study showed that of the 58 people who
were present when the tomb and sarcophagus were opened, only eight
died within a dozen years. All the others were still alive, including Howard
Carter, who died of lymphoma in 1939 at the age of 64. The last survivors
included Lady Evelyn Herbert, Lord Carnarvon's daughter who was among
the first people to enter the tomb after its discovery in November 1922, who
lived for a further 57 years and died in 1980,] and American
archaeologist J.O. Kinnaman who died in 1961, a full 39 years after the
event.